Just passing the time...
I'm looking for the date of death
I can't have long to go
what was banked as for my health
that account is woeful low
I've ignored my share of warnings
and lived on as before
there can be but few dawnings
ere life's wave recedes from shore
I've lived a long and full life
had more than my fair share
now the edge is lost from living's knife
and no more from fate can pare
perhaps life ended long ago
and in a living hell I dwell
this is what I have to show
for a life I've lived too well
with life's flaming match
I touched a wick or two
kith and kin, aye, there's the catch
for soon I must leave you
div>
rejoice all that knew or care
grieve not for this mother's son
strive to be equal to life's dare
live life, you have but only one.
t/a
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